Bushfire DVD project / Tasmania Fire Service.

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Tasmania Fire Service

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Hobart, Tas. : Tasmania Fire Service, 2007.Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 32 cm. + 1 CD-ROM + 1 DVDDDC classification:

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DVD: Bushfire prepare to survive: an essential guide to preparing yourself and your property for bushfires -- CD-ROM: Safer communities award TFS radio, TV & press releases.

Review: In response to COAG?s 2004 bushfire inquiry call to encourage Australians to do more to prepare for bushfire and to help residents in the state decide the ?stay or go? issue, the Tasmania Fire Service chose the medium of an interactive DVD titled Bushfire: Prepare to Survive, to send a powerful message about risk, preparedness, property defence and safe re-location. As an alternative education tool, a descriptive booklet has also been prepared (recognising that many households may not have a DVD player). The disk includes powerful images of the destructive nature of bushfires, as well as demonstrating to residents how to develop capacity to prepare and defend their home. It provides answers to the important questions: What it?s like to be in a bushfire? Why houses burn? Why people die? It also gives information on how to decide whether to stay and defend the property or to leave the area. And if going, when to go, how to go and where to relocate to. A key message throughout the presentation is that a properly prepared home is more likely to withstand a bushfire, and when someone remains to defend it, the chances are even better. For further assistance the Tasmania Fire Service provides on-line information, with: a bushfire preparation checklist, the ability to view separate chapters of the DVD (also iPod compatible), a PDF version of the Bushfire: Prepare to Survive booklet, a competition entry form, and a contact to request a copy of the DVD. A state-wide competition reinforced the bushfire campaign with a television promotion giving high impact messages that mainly focussed on parental responsibility. The competition prompted residents to view the DVD and answer three important questions, giving them the chance of winning cash prizes. Local radio and newspapers also supported the initiative through promotions and editorial.

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Highly commended: 2007 Australian Safer Communities Awards, Federal/State government agencies, Pre-Disaster category.

Winner: 2007 Australian Safer Communities Awards, State Award Recipient.

DVD: Bushfire prepare to survive: an essential guide to preparing yourself and your property for bushfires -- CD-ROM: Safer communities award TFS radio, TV & press releases.

In response to COAG?s 2004 bushfire inquiry call to encourage Australians to do more to prepare for bushfire and to help residents in the state decide the ?stay or go? issue, the Tasmania Fire Service chose the medium of an interactive DVD titled Bushfire: Prepare to Survive, to send a powerful message about risk, preparedness, property defence and safe re-location. As an alternative education tool, a descriptive booklet has also been prepared (recognising that many households may not have a DVD player). The disk includes powerful images of the destructive nature of bushfires, as well as demonstrating to residents how to develop capacity to prepare and defend their home. It provides answers to the important questions: What it?s like to be in a bushfire? Why houses burn? Why people die? It also gives information on how to decide whether to stay and defend the property or to leave the area. And if going, when to go, how to go and where to relocate to. A key message throughout the presentation is that a properly prepared home is more likely to withstand a bushfire, and when someone remains to defend it, the chances are even better. For further assistance the Tasmania Fire Service provides on-line information, with: a bushfire preparation checklist, the ability to view separate chapters of the DVD (also iPod compatible), a PDF version of the Bushfire: Prepare to Survive booklet, a competition entry form, and a contact to request a copy of the DVD. A state-wide competition reinforced the bushfire campaign with a television promotion giving high impact messages that mainly focussed on parental responsibility. The competition prompted residents to view the DVD and answer three important questions, giving them the chance of winning cash prizes. Local radio and newspapers also supported the initiative through promotions and editorial.

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